Clinical Tutor Pharmacist | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking a dedicated, dynamic and enthusiastic pharmacist, with a passion for education and training to join our team. As a Clinical Tutor Pharmacist, you will play a vital role in contributing to the future pharmacy workforce by facilitating clinical placements for pharmacy undergraduate students from the University of Manchester.

This is an exciting time to be involved in pharmacist education and training due to the implementation of new GPhC standards for the initial education and training of pharmacists which has led to a redesign of undergraduate MPharm degree.

In this post you will not only support the development of undergraduate pharmacists but continue to develop your clinical skills by contributing to the clinical pharmacy services within the hospital.

You must be a qualified pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and have completed a post-graduate clinical diploma. You should hold (or be willing to complete) a teaching qualification or have significant previous teaching and clinical experience.

You will receive a comprehensive induction, regular 1:1's and annual appraisals to develop knowledge and skills where appropriate.

You will be working with the lead clinical tutor to:

• Provide high quality clinical pharmacy placements to all years across the MPharm programme at the University of Manchester.
• Assess students during their placements and provide tailored feedback.
• Collaborate with the wider clinical tutor team and staff at the university to review and update the MPharm curriculum to enhance future clinical placements.

You will also:

• Work in partnership with the Director of Pharmacy and all other pharmacists to ensure safe, effective, economical and timely pharmaceutical care for all patients receiving a pharmaceutical service from the department.
• Act at as line-manager, designated supervisor and/or diploma tutor as requested.
• Participate in the on-call, weekend and late rota as requested.
• Complete audits as requested.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

However, as members of ethnicity minority groups and individuals with disabilities are currently under-represented at this level of post, we would encourage applications from members of these groups. Appointment will be based on merit alone.

This advert closes on Wednesday 2 Oct 2024